I've been mulling over the idea to get a bike from my year of birth -- 1979 -- for some time. Could you help me which brands to watch out for, besides the obvious Cinelli, Colnago. Gios, Faggin, Raleigh, what else? How are the brands rated for quality? I'm seeing Colnagos the most on Ebay, with 70s Cinellis being very rare. Thank you.

-Viscount were still making bikes then - the Aerospace was their top model and is a bit different to usual if you can find one.-Bob Jackson, Leeds connection if you're in the north. Any of his bikes were usually quite nice as I understand it.

I "left" cycling in 1978 to go to University and returned in 1979 for a short while and BITD I rode quite a few bikes and would have one again (Woodrup, Jackson, Raleigh, Mercian, Condor etc) but always hankered after a *real* Italian steed. In this case a Viner or a SABA.

For '79 Chic I'd plump for for an ALAN or a Raleigh Bonded frame (Dynatech) as they were seen as state of the art

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